Behind the charter 'movement': N.Y's hedge funders
It doesn't get any clearer than this. NYT's Gabriel & Medina lay it all out in "Charter Schools’ New Cheerleaders: Financiers."
Before now, said Boykin Curry, a partner in Eagle Capital Management, who attended the breakfast with Mr. Cuomo, “A lot of hedge fund and finance people in New York had decided state politics was too dirty and focused on their philanthropy.” Mr. Curry added, “I think there’s an awakening now that we can be a force in Albany, but we’ve got to play a tougher game than
WEEKEND QUOTABLES
This WaPo headline wins this week's It's-Not-From-The-Onion Award.
Hoping to raise school standards, Rhee adds 13 senior managersComing in a close second was this statement from BP spokesman Bill Salvin:
The Gulf oil spill containment process is "going exactly as we hoped"
